most strikeouts allowed from 1944 to 1985

Between the 1944 and 1985 seasons, Nolan Ryan struck out the most batters, with 4,083 strikeouts.

Interpreted as:

most strikeouts allowed by a player from 1944 to 1985

	NAME	SO	G	W	L	W%	GS	ERA	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	R	HR	BB	HBP	GF	IBB	TBF	WP	K/9	BB/9	K/BB	HR/9	K%	BB%	WHIP	BABIP	RA	ERA-	FIP	FIP-	H/9	PRAA
1	Nolan Ryan N. Ryan	4,083	581	241	218	.525	547	3.14	202	54	3	3936.1	2,871	1,374	1,571	214	2,186	109	13	60	16,588	194	9.34	5.00	1.87	0.49	24.6	13.2	1.28	.266	3.59	90	3.00	86	6.56	222.9
2	Steve Carlton S. Carlton	3,920	673	314	215	.594	655	3.04	251	55	1	4879.2	4,291	1,649	1,880	360	1,656	48	7	141	20,144	169	7.23	3.05	2.37	0.66	19.5	8.2	1.22	.278	3.47	84	3.00	84	7.91	311.9
3	Tom Seaver T. Seaver	3,537	628	304	192	.613	619	2.82	229	61	1	4606.2	3,791	1,442	1,591	363	1,334	69	6	114	18,610	122	6.91	2.61	2.65	0.71	19.0	7.2	1.11	.258	3.11	78	3.00	84	7.41	282.4
4	Gaylord Perry G. Perry	3,534	777	314	265	.542	690	3.11	303	53	10	5350.0	4,938	1,846	2,128	399	1,379	108	33	164	21,953	160	5.95	2.32	2.56	0.67	16.1	6.3	1.18	.275	3.58	85	3.06	85	8.31	312.9
5	Don Sutton D. Sutton	3,315	689	295	228	.564	672	3.17	174	57	5	4796.1	4,210	1,690	1,866	396	1,223	71	12	94	19,603	99	6.22	2.29	2.71	0.74	16.9	6.2	1.13	.261	3.50	91	3.10	89	7.90	202.8
6	Phil Niekro P. Niekro	3,197	804	300	250	.545	658	3.23	238	45	29	5055.0	4,640	1,814	2,112	436	1,648	113	82	84	21,089	207	5.69	2.93	1.94	0.78	15.2	7.8	1.24	.268	3.76	85	3.50	93	8.26	150.3
7	Fergie Jenkins F. Jenkins	3,192	664	284	226	.557	594	3.34	267	49	7	4500.2	4,142	1,669	1,853	484	997	84	37	116	18,400	62	6.38	1.99	3.20	0.97	17.3	5.4	1.14	.268	3.71	87	3.27	88	8.28	222.9
8	Bob Gibson B. Gibson	3,117	528	251	174	.591	482	2.91	255	56	6	3884.1	3,279	1,258	1,420	257	1,336	102	21	118	16,068	108	7.22	3.10	2.33	0.60	19.4	8.3	1.19	.268	3.29	78	2.89	81	7.60	290.5
9	Bert Blyleven B. Blyleven	2,875	505	212	183	.537	499	3.01	200	51	0	3716.0	3,343	1,244	1,398	267	1,014	100	3	58	15,229	81	6.96	2.46	2.84	0.65	18.9	6.7	1.17	.280	3.39	80	2.90	77	8.10	359.2
10	Jim Bunning J. Bunning	2,855	591	224	184	.549	519	3.27	151	40	16	3760.1	3,433	1,366	1,527	372	1,000	160	39	98	15,618	47	6.83	2.39	2.86	0.89	18.3	6.4	1.18	.273	3.65	88	3.22	88	8.22	195.2
11	Mickey Lolich M. Lolich	2,832	586	217	191	.532	496	3.44	195	41	10	3638.1	3,366	1,390	1,537	347	1,099	92	40	67	15,140	124	7.01	2.72	2.58	0.86	18.7	7.3	1.23	.280	3.80	96	3.19	87	8.33	188.5
12	Warren Spahn W. Spahn	2,576	746	363	245	.597	663	3.08	381	63	28	5228.0	4,805	1,788	2,001	434	1,423	42	67	60	21,468	81	4.43	2.45	1.81	0.75	12.0	6.6	1.19	.257	3.44	84	3.44	94	8.27	124.9
13	Jerry Koosman J. Koosman	2,556	612	222	209	.515	527	3.36	140	33	17	3839.1	3,635	1,433	1,608	290	1,198	71	43	121	15,996	89	5.99	2.81	2.13	0.68	16.0	7.5	1.26	.282	3.77	92	3.25	90	8.52	152.5
14	Don Drysdale D. Drysdale	2,486	518	209	166	.557	465	2.95	167	49	6	3432.0	3,084	1,124	1,292	280	855	154	34	123	14,097	82	6.52	2.24	2.91	0.73	17.6	6.1	1.15	.272	3.39	83	3.02	88	8.09	162.2
15	Jim Kaat J. Kaat	2,461	898	283	237	.544	625	3.45	180	31	17	4530.1	4,620	1,738	2,038	395	1,083	122	102	116	19,023	128	4.89	2.15	2.27	0.78	12.9	5.7	1.26	.282	4.05	93	3.41	91	9.18	165.8
16	Sam McDowell S. McDowell	2,453	425	141	134	.513	346	3.17	103	23	14	2492.1	1,948	879	999	164	1,312	59	39	74	10,587	140	8.86	4.74	1.87	0.59	23.2	12.4	1.31	.270	3.61	90	3.06	84	7.03	160.4
17	Luis Tiant L. Tiant	2,416	573	229	172	.571	484	3.30	187	49	15	3486.1	3,075	1,280	1,400	346	1,104	49	51	53	14,365	27	6.24	2.85	2.19	0.89	16.8	7.7	1.20	.261	3.61	87	3.46	92	7.94	117.1
18	Sandy Koufax S. Koufax	2,396	397	165	87	.655	314	2.76	137	40	9	2324.1	1,754	713	806	204	817	18	44	48	9,497	87	9.28	3.16	2.93	0.79	25.2	8.6	1.11	.256	3.12	75	2.69	75	6.79	226.6
19	Robin Roberts R. Roberts	2,357	676	286	245	.539	609	3.41	305	45	25	4688.2	4,582	1,774	1,962	505	902	54	49	69	19,174	33	4.52	1.73	2.61	0.97	12.3	4.7	1.17	.265	3.77	89	3.50	91	8.80	179.6
20	Juan Marichal J. Marichal	2,303	471	243	142	.631	457	2.89	244	52	2	3507.0	3,153	1,126	1,329	320	709	40	11	82	14,236	51	5.91	1.82	3.25	0.82	16.2	5.0	1.10	.261	3.41	81	3.04	88	8.09	154.8
21	Jim Palmer J. Palmer	2,212	558	268	152	.638	521	2.86	211	53	4	3948.0	3,349	1,253	1,395	303	1,311	38	15	37	16,114	85	5.04	2.99	1.69	0.69	13.7	8.1	1.18	.249	3.18	80	3.50	95	7.63	83.2
22	Early Wynn E. Wynn	2,171	616	269	213	.558	542	3.52	262	45	16	4057.0	3,752	1,585	1,782	316	1,599	60	61	36	17,207	44	4.82	3.55	1.36	0.70	12.6	9.3	1.32	.263	3.95	93	3.66	96	8.32	58.4
23	Camilo Pascual C. Pascual	2,167	529	174	170	.506	404	3.63	132	36	10	2930.2	2,703	1,183	1,334	256	1,069	61	67	51	12,415	86	6.65	3.28	2.03	0.79	17.5	8.6	1.29	.276	4.10	97	3.32	88	8.30	160.1
24	Vida Blue V. Blue	2,075	474	199	151	.569	445	3.26	143	37	2	3186.2	2,802	1,156	1,292	244	1,108	23	11	58	13,174	98	5.86	3.13	1.87	0.69	15.8	8.4	1.23	.263	3.65	92	3.37	93	7.91	82.1
25	Tommy John T. John	2,055	669	259	207	.556	615	3.23	158	45	3	4212.0	4,190	1,513	1,754	265	1,129	81	18	88	17,534	168	4.39	2.41	1.82	0.57	11.7	6.4	1.26	.280	3.75	89	3.31	89	8.95	194.3